Product Manual

2 Using the Android operating system
Using the on-screen keyboard
In some apps, the keyboard appears automatically. In others, it appears when you tap in a
text entry field.
l If you tap in a text field which already contains text, the cursor is inserted at the point
where you tapped and the insertion point tab appears. To move the insertion point,
drag the insertion point by its tab.
l Select a word, or several words at a time, to copy, cut,and paste text. See Editing text
below.
l Tap the required keys on the screen to enter text. What you type appears in the text
field and in the strip above the keyboard.
When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you might be typing, the word you are
typing is underlined in the text field and the suggestions appear in the strip above the
keyboard. You can tap and hold on the strip to display additional suggestions; to select
a suggested word, tap it.
l
Tap the Delete key to delete characters to the left of the cursor.
l To enter numbers, tap the ?123 key. To return to letters, tap ABC.
l To enter symbols and other characters that are not on the main keyboard, tap and
hold a key and then slide you finger up to the list of options that appears. To select an
option, lift your finger when you reach it. For example, tap and hold a vowel or the C, N,
or S key to open a small window where you can drag onto the accented vowel or other
alternate letter you want to use.
l Tap and hold the Period key ( . ) or the comma key (,), or tap and hold a symbol key to
select other common symbols.
l
To close the keyboard, tap .
Editing text
To edit text in text fields:
1. Tap the text field containing the text you want to edit. The cursor is inserted where you
tapped, and has a tab you can use to drag it if you need to move it.
2. To select a word or string of text, double tap it. Tabs appear to the left and right of the
highlighted text. Drag either tab left or right to increase or decrease the selected text.
To deselect the text, tap any unselected text in the same or in another text field, or tap
.
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